I'm don't generally put a lot of stock in signs and portents, but when I learned that my father-in-law, a dyed-in-the-wool Roosevelt Democrat, changed his voter registration to Independent, I suddenly understood exactly how alien the modern Democrat party is to the American mainstream.

Its not just the extremism, corruption and backroom dealing either. Let's face it, Democrats are well, just creepy.

Today, a 22 year old young man, described by his schoolmates as a committed leftist, injured 12 people, shot a sitting Congresswoman through the head, killed a District judge and nine year old girl.

Almost immediately, the professional left sought to variously place the blame on Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and the Tea Party. The only thing that surprised me was that somehow George W. Bush wasn't implicated. It's simply remarkable that Progressives share such a lack of basic decency. A killing of this type requires a completely lack of empathy. The professional left routinely displays a complete lack of empathy, willing to exploit every tragedy to advance their own interest with nary a twinge of discomfort.

In this case, the apple does not fall far from the tree.

# @antderosa it's loughner just checked my year book. less than 20 seconds ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to antderosa # @lakarune I haven't seen him since '07. Then, he was left wing. 25 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to lakarune # @noboa more left. I haven't seen him since '07 though. He became very reclusive. 27 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to noboa # @antderosa he had a lot of friends until he got alcohol poisoning in '06, & dropped out of school. Mainly loner very philosophical. 29 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to antderosa # @antderosa As I knew him he was left wing, quite liberal. & oddly obsessed with the 2012 prophecy. 33 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to antderosa # @antderosa he was a pot head & into rock like Hendrix,The Doors, Anti-Flag. I haven't seen him in person since '07 in a sign language class 35 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to antderosa # @antderosa He was a political radical & met Giffords once before in '07, asked her a question & he told me she was "stupid & unintelligent" 37 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to antderosa

As with the attack on the Discovery Channel headquarters by James Lee, a disturbed individual was incited to violent action by typical violent rhetoric used by left-wing causes. Am I simply pointing the finger back at the left? Not at all---it's a matter of record that 'community organizers' make standard use of Saul Alinksy's Rules for Radicals, which has as one of its main goals the baiting of their opponents; "The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength." One of the standard tactics is virulent ad Hominem--identifying an individual or group to focus the target groups animosity.

These tactics are so widely used because they work, but while anger is good motivation for some to vote a certain way, its also motivation for people to kill and maim.

Gabrielle Giffords like every blue dog Democrat, was not very popular among the far left. The Daily Kos mentions her as having a 'bullseye' on her back for a primary challenge. In many ways, blue-dog Democrats attract the most contempt and calumny from the far-left, and its distinctly possible that Loughner targeted her for that reason.

Unfortunately for Democrats, the 'rules' have served to create remarkable isolation of Progressives from the American mainstream, making them tone-deaf to how their rhetoric is perceived. Like the Senator Paul Wellstone memorial during the 2004 election, the cynical exploitation of a death just reminds people how unAmerican the left is.

Creepiness is bad politics.